witnesses judge brett kavanaugh and professor christine ford and that ford had still not respobded to the committee s request for a follow-up phone call or the hearing invitation. we have reached out to her in the last 36 hours. three or four times by e-mail and we have not heard from them. so it kind of raises the question, do they want to come to the public hearing or not. reporter: while all ten democrats on the judiciary committee called for the hearing to include more witnesses. including kavanaugh s former classmate mark judge seen here in a georgetown prep yearbook and ford identified as being in the room when the alleged assault occurred but the gop stood behind kavanaugh. an accusation which he has unequivocally denied. reporter: two key republicans, collins and murkowski, making clear ford not testifying would be a missed opportunity. and i really hope that she